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0. 0'. MORITZ & s. D. GREENWOOD.

PLAT IRON HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 11,- 1893 INVENTORS WITNESSES:

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ans PETERS co. vnor au n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL CHRISTIAN MORITZ AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS GREENWOOD, OF SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH TERRITORY.

FLAT-IRON HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,354, dated April11, 1893.

Application filed August 8, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CARL CHRISTIAN MOR- rrz and STEPHEN DOUGLASGREENWOOD, of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and Territoryof Utah, have invented a new and Improved Flat-Iron Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in fiat-iron holders, and hasfor its object to provide a holder capable of expeditious and convenientapplication to and a firm engagement with the handle of a flat-iron, nomatter what the diameter of the handle "may be.

Another object of the invention is to provide for the ready removal ofthe holder from the handle of the flat-iron, and a further object of theinvention is to provide the holder with afender or guard adapted toshield the fingers from the heat thrown off from the body of the iron,and also to provide the holder proper and likewise the fender or guardwith an asbestus-coated surface to be brought in engagement with theheated portions of the 1ron.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in 'all the views.

Figure lis a side elevation of the holder partly in section. Fig. 2 is aplan view thereof; and Fig. 3 is an end View, showing the holder closedin positive lines, and showing the holder open in dotted lines.

In carrying out the invention, the body A of the holder is constructedin two sections 10 and 11. The sections are semicircular in crosssection, and they are connected by hinges 12 of any approvedconstruction, the hinges being preferably located one at each end of thebody. The inner surface of each section has secured thereon a lining 13of asbestus, or other fire-proof and non-heat-conducting material. Atone end of the body two posts 14 and 15, are located, one of the posts15, being adapted as a keeper. The posts are respectively attached oneto each section, and extend Serial No. 442,449. (No model.)

upper end to receive the free end of the said screw 16; the extremity atthe free end of the screw is preferably threadless, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. The threaded portion of the screw, however, carries a lock nut18, the lock nut being so placed that it will be between the two posts14 and 15 when the screw is in engagement with both. By turning the nutin the direction of the post 14 to which the screw is pivoted, thesections of the body will open or spread apart at their free ends andwill receive a handle of large diameter, and when the holder has beenclamped'around the handle the nut is turned to travel in direction ofthe free end of the screw until the sections of the body of the holderare in firm clamping engagement with the handle of the iron, thesections automatically opening when the screw is out of engagement withthe post 15. The sections have a constant tendency to open by reason ofa spring 19, which is secured to the post 14, or to the section of thebody to which the post is attached, the opposite or free end of thespring having a constant bearing against the bottom of the keeper post15, and that portion of the keeper post is usually provided with achannel receiving the free end of the spring and preventingdisengagement between the spring and the post.

In order to protect the fingers of the hand from the heat radiating fromthe body of the flat-iron, a shield or guard 20, is located beneath thebody of the holder; the shield is preferably made somewhat of oval shapeand is curved longitudinally, its concaved face being its upper face;and the ends of the shield or guard are secured in any suitable orapproved manner to one section of the body, the attachment being made atthe under or free edge thereof; and the under sur face of the shield orguard, or that opposite the body of the iron, is provided with a coating21, of asbestus or like fire-proof and nonheat-conducting material.Thus, in operation, by throwing the screw out of engagement with thekeeper post 15 the sections of the body will open, so that the body maybe passed around the handle of any fiat-iron in a convenient andexpeditious manner, and when the engagement is made between the handleand the body of the holder, the screw is carried down in the slot of thekeeper post 15, and the lock nut is adjusted in a direction to cause thesections of the holder to engage firmly with and practically surroundthe body of the flat-iron handle, while the guard when the holder isthus placed upon the Hatiron will prove an effective shield for the handagainst the heat emanating from the body of the iron.

This device is not only simple but it is durable and economic,and may beconveniently and expeditiously applied to any fiat-iron.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A flat iron holder, comprising two hingedsections provided with upwardly extending lugs or posts, one of which isforked or slotted at its upper end, and a screw pivoted to one post toswing into and out of the slot of the other post and provided with a nutto operate against the inner side of the slotted post, substantially asset forth.

2. A flat iron holder, comprising two hinged sections each having a postprojecting upwardly from its hinged edge, one post having a forked orslotted upper end and having a transverse channel through its lower end,the screw pivoted to one post to swing into and out of the forked orslotted end of the other post and provided with a nut to operate againstthe inner side of the forked or slotted post, and a spring secured tothe same post as the screw and at its opposite end entering the channelin the forked or slotted post, substantially as set forth.

3. A fiat iron holder consisting of a body constructed in hingedsections, the inner face of the body being provided with a lining ofnon-heat-conducting material, a keeper post attached to one section ofthe body, a spring exerting constant upward tension upon the keeperpost, and a screw pivoted to the opposite section of the body, providedwith a lock nut and adapted to enter the keeper, as and for the purposespecified.

4. A fiat-iron holder consisting of a body constructed in two hingedsections, one section being provided with a post located near one endand a screw pivoted in the post, the other section being provided with akeeper post adapted to receive the free end of the screw, a lock nutcarried by the screw, and a shield carried by one of the sections andextending downward beneath both sections of the body, as and for thepurpose specified.

5. A fiat-iron holder, consisting of a body constructed in two sections,a post projected from one section, a screw pivoted in said post, akeeper projected from the opposite section and adapted to receive thescrew, the said keeper being under constant upward tension, a lock nutcarried by the screw, a shield or fender located below and attached tothe body of the holder, the under face of the shield and the innersurface of the sections of the body being provided with a lining ofnon-heat-conducting material, as and for the purpose specified.

- CARL CHRISTIAN MORl'lZ.

STEPHEN DOUGLAS GREENWOOD. Witnesses:

S. B. RIPLEY, L. M. EARL.

